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Using `make` and `git diff` for a simple and powerful test harness

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Re: Using `make` and `git diff` for a simple and powerful test harness

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Post by peterwwillis »

jgrahamc wrote: post #29
chrismorgan wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe it is a direct descendant of yours, which I’ve used from time to time over the years. I just didn’t feel the need to support *, % was enough for me. Thanks for all the stuff you’ve written about Make: I’ve enjoyed reading quite a lot of it!

Glad these things help people. The * for wildcard was a bit of syntatic sugar to make $(call rwildcard) closer to $(wildcard). For those who don't know, here's a list of stuff I've written over the years. https://blog.jgc.org/2013/02/updated-list-of-my-gnu-make-art... And the hard copy version: https://nostarch.com/gnumake PS I really like the layout of your blog.

I appreciate these posts for "I just need to do X..." google-search-for-my-fix problems. But I've always found it frustrating that this is what the whole www is now: a whole lot of spread out individual docs for individual problems, rather than a concise review of useful information (a "just the useful bits" database if you will).

Try to learn anything in depth these days and either you're deciphering a dense yet incomplete manual, or googling until eternity. Make is a great example, as even though they have a useful manual, good luck figuring out how to apply it to your problem. Wikis don't quite cut it either. We need a different data model for knowledge sharing.

Re: Using `make` and `git diff` for a simple and powerful test harness

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Post by jgrahamc »

peterwwillis wrote: post #41
jgrahamc wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Glad these things help people. The * for wildcard was a bit of syntatic sugar to make $(call rwildcard) closer to $(wildcard). For those who don't know, here's a list of stuff I've written over the years. https://blog.jgc.org/2013/02/updated-list-of-my-gnu-make-art... And the hard copy version: https://nostarch.com/gnumake PS I really like the layout of your blog.

I appreciate these posts for "I just need to do X..." google-search-for-my-fix problems. But I've always found it frustrating that this is what the whole www is now: a whole lot of spread out individual docs for individual problems, rather than a concise review of useful information (a "just the useful bits" database if you will). Try to learn anything in depth these days and either you're deciphering a dense yet inc…

OK, but I wrote those things as "advanced" uses of make because the actual GNU Make Manual is very, very good (https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/) and people should read it.

I keep wondering about doing a video series explaining GNU Make from the ground up.

Re: Using `make` and `git diff` for a simple and powerful test harness

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Post by bspammer »

d99kris wrote: post #16

A bit off-topic, but I like the tty-player you're using for the demo (and apparently have created). https://tty-player.chrismorgan.info/ I haven't come across this kind of terminal playback on the web before, seems a bit more bandwidth efficient and snappier than video or gifs.

It also lets you copy and paste directly, very cool.
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